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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Martha Elizabeth
“Bettie” Blackwellwas born on May 8, 1868
in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was the daughter ofJohn Bailey Blackwell and Mary Susan Wyatt.
Martha was raised on the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Bettie married William Archibald “Archie”
Parker on December 14, 1886 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was 18 years old and he was 27
years. Archie was born on November 10,
1859 in Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tennessee, the son of John Francis Parker
and Matilda Payne.

Archie and Bettie were the parents of four
children:

Lula B. Parker born
October 1889

William Earnest Parker born March 1891

Guy Omer Parker born September 1893

Myrtle Parker born November 1896

After their marriage, Archie and
Bettie settled their family on a farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Their farm was near that of Bettie’s parents.

In 1930, the Archie and Bettie were
living and working on a farm on Bowling Green Road in Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky.

William Archibald Parker died on February
5, 1937 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He
was buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky. Archie was 76 years old at his
death.

Martha Elizabeth Blackwell Parker died
on November 28, 1945 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was laid to rest beside her husband in
the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Bettie was 77 years old at her death.

Her father was a farmer by trade, and Maude
was raised on the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. In 1920, the family farm was located on Main
Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

The Blackwell family moved to Iowa in
1921 and by 1925 had settled on a farm in Liberty, Woodbury County.

Maude was living with her parents on
their farm in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa in 1930.

At some point, Maude married a Mr.
Young and they lived in San Bernardino County, California.

Maude Bernice Blackwell Young died on
July 9, 1963 in San Bernardino County, California. She was buried near her father in the Little
Sioux Cemetery in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. Maude was 65 years old at her death.

Edgar registered for the draft for the
First World War on June 5, 1917 in Sloan, Woodbury County, Iowa. At that time, he was employed as a farmhand
for Herman Johnson in Sloan. Edgar was
described as tall and of medium build, with black hair and brown eyes. He was a veteran of the war.

Edgar married Millie Blanch Kilburn on
March 2, 1918 in Woodbury County, Iowa.
He was 24 years old and she was 18 years. Millie was born on January 14, 1901 in
Hinton, Plymouth County, Iowa, the daughter of Archie Clayton Kilburn and Effie
Pearl Benscoter.

After their marriage, Edgar and Millie
made their home in Liberty, Woodbury County, Iowa, where they lived and worked
on a farm. They didn’t have any children.

In 1930, Millie’s brother, Floyd
Kilburn, and his wife, Loretta (Wheeler) Kilburn, were listed in Edgar’s
household. Also listed was Silas Lehman,
a cousin. Silas was the son of Richard
Thomas Lehman, and grandson of Harrison Lehman.

Edgar and Millie moved to a farm in
Elk, Buena Vista County, Iowa, sometime between 1935 and 1940. They lived out the remainder of their lives
in Buena Vista County, Iowa.

Edgar L. Blackwell died in August 1978
in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He
was 83 years old at his death.

Millie Blanch Kilburn Blackwell died
four years later, in March 1982 in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. She was 81 years old at her death.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Marshall
Needham Blackwell was
born in March 1866 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was the son of John Bailey Blackwell and Mary Susan Wyatt. Marshall was raised on
the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Marshall married Mary Catherine “Mollie”
Lehman on March 8, 1893 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Marshall was 27 years old and Mollie was 26
years. Mollie was born on July 1, 1866
in Penrod, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the daughter of Harrison Lehman and
Delima Moore.

After their marriage, Marshall and
Mollie made their home on a farm in Courthouse, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky. Like his father, Marshall was
a farmer by trade.

In 1920, the family farm was located
on Main Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Marshall and his family moved to Iowa
in 1921 and by 1925 had settled on a farm in Liberty, Woodbury County.

In 1930, Marshall and Mollie were
living and working on a farm in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. Their daughter, Maude, was also listed in the
household.

Marshall Needham Blackwell died in 1939
in Harrison County, Iowa. He was buried
in the Little Sioux Cemetery in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. Marshall was 73 years old at his death.

Mary Catherine Lehman Blackwell went
on to live another 27 years after the death of her husband. She died in 1966 in Cherokee County, Iowa. Mollie was laid to rest beside her husband in
the Little Sioux Cemetery in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. She was 99 years old at her death.

The following is from an obituary for
Mary Blackwell, posted on a family tree on Ancestry.com:

A former resident of River Sioux
[Iowa], she was born July 1, 1866 at Penrod, [Kentucky], and was married to
Marshall N. Blackwell on March 8, 1894 in Muhlenberg County, Greenville, Ky.

The couple moved to Iowa in 1921
where Mr. Blackwell was engaged in farming.

She was a member of Meyers Chapel
Methodist Church at Penrod.

Surviving are the daughter, Miss
Blackwell of Cherokee; two sons, Edgar Blackwell of Alta and Clarence of
Toledo, O.

She was preceded in death by her
husband, Marshall in 1939, and also by a daughter, Mrs. Maude Young in 1963.

Funeral services are to be Thursday
at 11am at St. Paul’s Methodist Church.
Rev. Victor V. Shuldt is to officiate.
Burial is to be in River Sioux Cemetery.
Boothby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Friday, July 10, 2015

John
Bailey Blackwell was
born on May 1, 1840 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was the son of William Marshall Blackwell
and Martha Elizabeth Strader. John was
raised on the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

John enlisted for service in the Civil
War on October 1, 1861 in Calhoon, Kentucky.
Fighting on the Union side, John served in Company K, Kentucky 11th
Infantry Regiment. He was a Second
Corporal when the regiment mustered out on December 16, 1864.

On April 20, 1865, John married Mary
Susan Wyatt in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
He was 24 years old and she was 20 years. Mary was born on May 13, 1843 in Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky, the daughter of Needham Thomas Wyatt and Martha Ann
Mann.

In 1870, John and Mary were living and
working on a farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. John’s real estate was valued at $600 and his
personal estate at $300.

Their young daughter, Lula G.
Blackwell, died on June 8, 1871. Lula
was buried in the Wyatts Chapel Cemetery in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was 17 months old at her death.

Mary Susan Wyatt Blackwell died five
years later, on October 18, 1876 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The cause of death listed was consumption. She was laid to rest near her daughter, Lula,
in the Wyatts Chapel Cemetery in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Mary was 33 years old at her death.

John remarried on December 19, 1877 to
Mary Idumea “Ida” Cessna in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. This was Idumea’s first marriage. She was born on April 2, 1847 in Kentucky, the
daughter of Robert John Culbertson Cessna and Angeline J. Calvert.

John and Ida had the following four
children:

John Luther Blackwell born October 7, 1878

Mary Esma Blackwell born
July 1880

Ora L. Blackwell born November 1886

Thomas Clyde Blackwell born
May 21, 1890

John and Ida raised their family in
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. John was a
farmer by trade, and Ida kept house. In
1880, the family was living in Court House, Muhlenberg County. By 1900, they were living in Bremen,
Muhlenberg County. In 1910, their farm
was located on Main Street in Bremen.

John Bailey Blackwell died on February
13, 1915 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
The cause of death listed was pneumonia.
He was buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Greenville, Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky. John was 74 years old
at his death.

In 1920, Ida was still living in the
family home in Bremen, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Mary Idumea Cessna Blackwell died on
February 2, 1933 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was laid to rest in Shaver’s Chapel
United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bremen, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Ida was 85 years old at her death.

This
family is mentioned in a book compiled in 1973 by Pearl O. Smith entitled, “Peter
Smith of Westmoreland County, Virginia: Some of his Virginia, North Carolina,
and Kentucky Descendants.” Information
about the book and the people listed therein can be found here

Friday, June 5, 2015

Josephus G. “Joe”
Hall was
born on April 4, 1847 in Smith County, Tennessee. He was the son of Thomas T. Hall and Susanna
Fisher. Joe was raised on the family
farm in Smith County, Tennessee.

Joe married Carrie Maude McGehee around 1888 in Todd County,
Kentucky. He was 43 years old and she
was 18 years. Carrie was born on
November 21, 1870 in Todd County, Kentucky, the daughter of John C. McGehee and
Juliet Ann Pendleton.

In 1900, Joe and Carrie were living in a home in Clifty, Todd
County, Kentucky. Joe was working at a
dry goods store at that time. Joe’s
nephew, Arnet Hall, was also listed in the household. Arnett was the son of Joe’s brother, Dero
Hall.

By 1910, Joe and Carrie had moved their family onto a farm in
Clifty, Todd County, Kentucky, where they worked the land together.

Carrie Maude McGehee Hall died on April 23, 1919 in Clifty, Todd
County, Kentucky. The cause of death
listed was “tuberculosis of the lungs.”
She was buried in the Slaughter Cemetery in Clifty, Todd County,
Kentucky. Carrie was 48 years old at her
death.

Josephus G. Hall followed his wife in death just three months
later. He died on July 13, 1919 in Todd
County, Kentucky. The cause of death was
apoplexy (stroke). Joe was buried beside
his wife in the Slaughter Cemetery in Clifty, Todd County, Kentucky. He was 72 years old at his death.

Harry Hallwas born on January 9,
1890 in Todd County, Kentucky. He was the
only child born to Josephus G. Hall and Carrie Maude McGehee. Harry was raised in Clifty, Todd County,
Kentucky, where his father worked in a dry goods store.

Harry married Mona L. “Monie” Willis around 1911 in Todd County,
Kentucky. He was 20 years old and she
was 16 years. Monie was born on June 14,
1894 in Todd County, Kentucky, the daughter of Protice Willis and Georgia Ann
Mayes.

Harry and Monie were the parents of at least seven children:

Marvin Hall born
March 11, 1912

Brank Hall born
January 15, 1914

Mabel Hall born
December 18, 1917

May Hall born
November 3, 1922

Ruth Hall born
October 12, 1924

Joe Gill Hall born
July 11, 1927

Ann Hall born
September 29, 1929

After their marriage, Harry and Monie settled their family in
Clifty, Todd County, Kentucky, where they lived and worked on a farm.

Harry registered for the draft for the First World War on June 5,
1917 in Todd County, Kentucky. He was
described as of medium height and build, with dark hair and one brown eye and
one blue eye. Harry claimed exemption
from the draft because he was caring for his parents, as well as his wife and
children. He did not serve in the war.

In 1930, Harry and Monie and their children were living on a farm
on Clarksville and Greenville Road in Clifty, Todd County, Kentucky.

Mona L. Willis Hall died on May 8, 1942 in the Muhlenberg County
Community Hospital in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The cause of death listed was “mesenteric
thrombosis” and “intestinal rupture.”
Mona was buried in the Slaughter Cemetery in Clifty, Todd County,
Kentucky. She was 48 years old at her
death.

Harry remarried thirty years later. He married Myrtle Grace, a widow, on January
19, 1973 in Logan County, Kentucky. He
was 83 years old and she was 70 years.
Myrtle was born in 1902 in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the
daughter of Hugh F. Lee and Nettie M. Rust.

Harry Hall died nine years later, on March 26, 1982 in Grayson
County, Kentucky. He was laid to rest
next to his first wife, Mona Willis Hall, in the Slaughter Cemetery in Clifty, Todd
County, Kentucky. Harry was 92 years old
at his death.